,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,amash introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,national ,security ,act of #aidg to    
expand protected disclosures made by    
intelligence community whistleblowers to
 include disclosures made to ,members of
 ,congress1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,intelligence ,community           
,congressional ,whistleblowing          
,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,protected      
disclosures made to ,members of         
,congress by intelligence community     
whistleblowers  7a7 ,disclosures to     
,members under ,national ,security ,act 
of #aidg  7#a7 ,disclosures to ,members 
,section #ajc;,h7k77#e7 of the ,national
 ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 
#cjcc7k77#e77 is amended-- 7,a7 in      
subparagraph 7,c71 by inserting or any  

,member of ,congress designated by the  
employee who submits the complaint or   
information under subparagraph 7,a7     
after committees2  7,b7 in subparagraph 
7,d7-- 7i7 in clauses 7i7 and 7ii71 by  
inserting 1 or any ,member of ,congress1
 after committees each place it appears2
 and  7ii7 in clause 7iii7-- 7,i7 by    
striking ,a member or employee of one of
 the congressional intelligence         
committees and inserting ,a ,member of  
,congress1 including any ,member of one 
of the congressional intelligence       
committees1 or an employee of such a    
committee2 and  7,,ii7 by striking      
member each place it appears and        
inserting ,member2  7,c7 in subparagraph
 7,i71 by striking any member and       
inserting any ,member of ,congress1     
including any ,member2 and  7,d7 by     
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,j7 ,in this paragraph1 
the term ,member of ,congress means a   
member of the ,senate or the ,house of  
,representatives1 a ,delegate to the    

,house of ,representatives1 and the     
,resident ,commissioner from ,puerto    
,rico4  4  7#b7 ,prohibited personnel   
actions ,section #aajd of such ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #cbcd7 is amended-- 7,a7 in  
subsection 7a71 by adding at the end the
 following new paragraph3  7#e7 ,member 
of ,congress ,the term ,member of       
,congress has the meaning given such    
term in section #ajc;,h7k77#e77;,j7 of  
this ,act4  2 and  7,b7 in subsections  
7b7 and 7c71 by striking a member and   
inserting a ,member of ,congress1       
including any ,member each place it     
appears4  7b7 ,disclosures to ,members  
under ,central ,intelligence ,agency    
,act of #aidi ,section #ag7;d77#e7 of   
the ,central ,intelligence ,agency ,act 
of #aidi 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ceag7;d77#e77  
is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c71 
by inserting or any ,member of ,congress
 designated by the employee who submits 
the complaint or information under      
subparagraph 7,a7 after committees2     
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,d7-- 7,a7 in     

clauses 7i7 and 7ii71 by inserting 1 or 
any ,member of ,congress1 after         
committees each place it appears2 and   
7,b7 in clause 7iii7-- 7i7 by striking  
,a member or employee of one of the     
intelligence committees and inserting ,a
 ,member of ,congress1 including any    
,member of one of the intelligence      
committees1 or an employee of such a    
committee2 and  7ii7 by striking member 
each place it appears and inserting     
,member2  7#c7 in subparagraph 7,g71 by 
adding at the end the following new     
clause3  7iii7 ,the term ,member of     
,congress means a member of the ,senate 
or the ,house of ,representatives1 a    
,delegate to the ,house of              
,representatives1 and the ,resident     
,commissioner from ,puerto ,rico4  2 and
  7#d7 in subparagraph 7,h71 by striking
 any member and inserting any ,member of
 ,congress1 including any ,member4  7c7 
,disclosures to ,members under          
additional provisions ,section #h;,h of 
the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh   

7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #h;,h7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7c71 by inserting or 
any ,member of ,congress designated by  
the employee who submits the complaint  
or information under subparagraph 7,a7  
after committees2  7#b7 in subsection   
7d7-- 7,a7 in paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b71 
by inserting 1 or any ,member of        
,congress1 after committees in each     
place it appears2 and  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#c7-- 7i7 by striking ,a member or    
employee of one of the intelligence     
committees and inserting ,a ,member of  
,congress1 including any ,member of one 
of the intelligence committees1 or an   
employee of such a committee2 and  7ii7 
by striking member each place it appears
 and inserting ,member2  7#c7 in        
subsection 7g71 by striking any member  
and inserting any ,member of ,congress1 
including any ,member2 and  7#d7 in     
subsection 7h71 by adding at the end the
 following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,the    
term ,member of ,congress means a member
 of the ,senate or the ,house of        

,representatives1 a ,delegate to the    
,house of ,representatives1 and the     
,resident ,commissioner from ,puerto    
,rico4  4